My horse is a draft cross, very big boy. I love him a lot and he is very sweet. My wife and I groom him every single day and yes, we pamper him. We have brought him back from skinny and shaggy to gloriously muscled and shining like fine copper. At the stable, they turned him out with a stud, assuming that because he is so giant compared to the stud who is small (14.3 hh) that it wouldn't be a problem. My boy is completely beat up. Gash under his eye, jaw chest. 18 inch slice down his side, multiple deep bite wounds. There isn't much on his body that isn't bitten or kicked. The barn owner says oh well, "rough play", and other owners out there just laughing and saying wow he is big but what a p***sy. Gimme a break he is a gentle natured gelding and so of course he ran from the stud when attacked. They are trying to make me feel bad about this, but I totally feel that the stable owner should help me pay for his vet stuff. Opinions?
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